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Brandon Jacobs/Woodson. It deserves it's own thread

smshmth8690 : 1/17/2019 5:38 pm
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Charles Woodson is one of my  
dep026 : 1/17/2019 5:46 pm : link
All time favorite non-Giants.

That being said.... he got fucking trucked.
What is there to say?  
Photoguy : 1/17/2019 5:52 pm : link
It was one of my favorite plays of that post season.

A true "WTF just hit me?" moment.
I believe that play yielded huge dividends later in the game.  
WideRight : 1/17/2019 6:03 pm : link

Woodson didn't make another play, and the rest of the secondary was exposed.

It is the evidence to the classic argument that "you want to set the tome with the run game early....."
One thing I will say  
Leg of Theismann : 1/17/2019 6:14 pm : link
I give Woodson credit for standing in there and taking the hit and ultimately making the tackle. I mean, it absolutely set the tone for the game, but in -23 degree weather to stand in there and take a shot from BJ running downhill? That took some balls and there are few human beings on this planet who would thrust themselves in there and take that hit.
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Mdgiantsfan : 1/17/2019 6:17 pm : link
One of my favorite BJac plays along with:
- Landry trucking
- Wheel route for TD against Beagles
- TD and busting up scored against Cowturds
(in no particular order)
BJ was a beast  
Jim Bur(n)t : 1/17/2019 6:20 pm : link
Just wish he ran more North/South... and when he did... What a great tandem he & AB were!
I also loved this  
Jolly Blue Giant : 1/17/2019 6:30 pm : link
By Bradshaw. Both those guys together were the best.
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Jacobs & Bradshaw were a blast to watch.  
Motley Two : 1/17/2019 6:39 pm : link
I used to crack up watching Bradshaw run and there be no difference from a Jacob's run. I think he thought he & Jacobs were pretty much the same size.

I can't even guess how many times I yelled "BeastShaw!" during his career.

To Woodson's credit, he wasn't as  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 1/17/2019 7:01 pm : link
demolished that game as Harris was by Plax.
Thanks for all the great memories Brandon and Ahmad  
GoBlue6599 : 1/17/2019 7:07 pm : link
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RE: ...  
FStubbs : 1/17/2019 7:14 pm : link
In comment 14267108 Mdgiantsfan said:
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One of my favorite BJac plays along with:
- Landry trucking
- Wheel route for TD against Beagles
- TD and busting up scored against Cowturds
(in no particular order)


That Landry trucking effectively ended Landry's career. He never recovered psychologically and ended up addicted to steroids trying to bulk up so he'd never be trucked again.
Great memories.  
Brown Recluse : 1/17/2019 7:15 pm : link
Too bad we’ve had to recycle the same memories from 8 and 12 years ago over and over because our team hasnt given us anything else since.
RE: Great memories.  
smshmth8690 : 1/17/2019 7:23 pm : link
In comment 14267143 Brown Recluse said:
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Too bad we’ve had to recycle the same memories from 8 and 12 years ago over and over because our team hasnt given us anything else since.




Of course you have a point, but I was still able to appreciate the 80's & 90's wins during the 2000's
A really good read direct from Woodson when he retired  
mfsd : 1/17/2019 7:29 pm : link
including this bit about the Jacobs play:

“Seriously, I was out for a second after we made contact. Then I hit the ground and woke up. I remember being on the ground and one of my teammates was like, "Wood! Wood! You all right?!" I was shook -- really I was. I played the rest of the game, but I was out of it. That's a big regret for me, not going and hitting that guy low. That was a ROUGH day from then on out.”
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RE: I also loved this  
Danny Kanell : 1/17/2019 7:36 pm : link
In comment 14267111 Jolly Blue Giant said:
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By Bradshaw. Both those guys together were the best. Link - ( New Window )


One of my favorite runs of all time.
Big Jake!  
trueblueinpw : 1/17/2019 7:38 pm : link
I loved that guy. Loved Woodson too.
His head bounced off the turf  
rebel yell : 1/17/2019 7:47 pm : link
like an over-inflated basketball on a hockey rink. I'll never forget that game. Pure magic!
RE: One thing I will say  
kelsto811 : 1/17/2019 7:55 pm : link
In comment 14267104 Leg of Theismann said:
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I give Woodson credit for standing in there and taking the hit and ultimately making the tackle. I mean, it absolutely set the tone for the game, but in -23 degree weather to stand in there and take a shot from BJ running downhill? That took some balls and there are few human beings on this planet who would thrust themselves in there and take that hit.


Sure but maybe he should have tried to go a bit lower? What was he thinking would happen lol
I love in AMERICAS GAME 2007 NYG  
bradshaw44 : 1/17/2019 8:18 pm : link
Documentary they drop the nfl films music in as Gandolfini is narrating that hit. What a year.
That game  
Les in TO : 1/17/2019 8:37 pm : link
Nearly gave me a heart attack. Half giants fans half packers fans at the bar.

Jacobs was a beast
RE: Great memories.  
Deejboy : 1/17/2019 9:31 pm : link
In comment 14267143 Brown Recluse said:
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Too bad we’ve had to recycle the same memories from 8 and 12 years ago over and over because our team hasnt given us anything else since.

Poor baby. Maybe you should root for the Jets or another team if you are such a downtrodden fan.
Jacobs career highlight reel is surreal  
widmerseyebrow : 1/17/2019 10:42 pm : link
You'd swear you were looking at a HoFer if you didn't know the wear and tear limited his peak and longevity.
Outside of the Super Bowl wins  
Jimmy Googs : 1/18/2019 8:23 am : link
that game is simply one of my favorites of all time.

So many great moments, plays and performances over that 3+ hours...
RE: RE: Great memories.  
Brown Recluse : 1/18/2019 11:01 am : link
In comment 14267252 Deejboy said:
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In comment 14267143 Brown Recluse said:


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Too bad we’ve had to recycle the same memories from 8 and 12 years ago over and over because our team hasnt given us anything else since.


Poor baby. Maybe you should root for the Jets or another team if you are such a downtrodden fan.


Downtrodden? haha. Dont be dramatic.
I've been a Giants fan since the 70's,  
Rico : 1/18/2019 11:17 am : link
and Jacobs is my #1 favorite Giant ever!
Jacob and Bradshaw...  
BamaBlue : 1/18/2019 11:30 am : link
the only backfield duo that I liked more was Joe Morris and Maurice Carthon. They helped exorcise the ghosts of the 1970s Giants and made the run to the '86 super bowl a lot of fun.
Bizarre how Tiki Barber gets ghosted on this site...  
x meadowlander : 1/18/2019 12:01 pm : link
...Tiki who???

Don't get me wrong, Giants have had many great and lovable backs in the modern era, Ron Johnson, Rob Carpenter, Morris, OJ Anderson, Dave Meggett and Rodney Hampton and of course Earth, Wind and Fire.

But the single greatest back the team has ever had - IMO the greatest offensive weapon the team has ever possessed (I expect Barkley to be even better) continually gets ignored because this one time he said something negative about Eli.

It's bananas!
RE: His head bounced off the turf  
Leg of Theismann : 1/18/2019 12:40 pm : link
In comment 14267163 rebel yell said:
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like an over-inflated basketball on a hockey rink. I'll never forget that game. Pure magic!


LMAO Football is so funny...

"Yay, that guy probably played with a minor concussion and put himself at risk for serious brain damage later in life. It was ***MaGiCaLLL*** "
RE: To Woodson's credit, he wasn't as  
RobCarpenter : 1/18/2019 12:50 pm : link
In comment 14267132 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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demolished that game as Harris was by Plax.


That's what I remember most from that game. 13 targets, 11 catches for 151 yards. Plax was 40 percent of the offense.

He was unstoppable.
On the Jacobs/Woodson hit  
RobCarpenter : 1/18/2019 12:52 pm : link
I found these quotes on-line:

David Diehl: The tone was set on the opening play, when Brandon Jacobs ran over Charles Woodson.

Rich Seubert: Trucked over him.

Lawrence Tynes: He completely destroyed him.

Ryan Grant (Packers RB): For the rest of the game Charles Woodson was off. You could see it in his eyes.
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RE: RE: To Woodson's credit, he wasn't as  
Thegratefulhead : 1/18/2019 1:29 pm : link
In comment 14267725 RobCarpenter said:
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In comment 14267132 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:


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demolished that game as Harris was by Plax.



That's what I remember most from that game. 13 targets, 11 catches for 151 yards. Plax was 40 percent of the offense.

He was unstoppable.
If only he was smart enough not carry a loaded gun in his sweatpants in a city with strict gun laws. The stupid is so strong.
Woodson spoke of that play in an article he wrote in 2015  
nyjuggernaut2 : 1/18/2019 2:00 pm : link
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Another thing is the NFC Championship Game in the 2007 season. I was with the Packers and we were playing the New York Giants. It was early in the game and running back Brandon Jacobs got the ball. I'm on the edge and it's going to be my tackle to make. On any tackle, I'm always trying to go for the ball, and the biggest mistake I made that day was that I didn't go low and take his legs out. I went high and tried to slap at the ball, and he lowered his shoulder and knocked ... my ... ass ... out!

Seriously, I was out for a second after we made contact. Then I hit the ground and woke up. I remember being on the ground and one of my teammates was like, "Wood! Wood! You all right?!" I was shook -- really I was. I played the rest of the game, but I was out of it. That's a big regret for me, not going and hitting that guy low. That was a ROUGH day from then on out.


The entire article is linked below, but found it fascinating how that one play turned the game for both teams. Woodson was one of the Packer's top defensive playmakers that year, and having him at 50% the rest of the game due to that hit was big.
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RE: Charles Woodson is one of my  
81_Great_Dane : 1/18/2019 4:24 pm : link
In comment 14267086 dep026 said:
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All time favorite non-Giants.

That being said.... he got fucking trucked.
This is a classic Brandon Jacobs play. He does fucking truck Woodson ... and then falls down, getting maybe two or three yards as he falls forward after the hit. That's not nothing, but it's not much.

Then fans get excited about the hit but overlook the lack of yards after contact. The famous LaRon Landry hit was similar. He leveled Landry but didn't keep his feet, so he only gained a few yards as he stumbled and fell forward.

This is why I think Jacobs, as good as he was (and he was VERY good), is somewhat overrated by BBI. Compare him with backs like Barkley who are great at keeping their feet after a hit and can rack up huge YAC, and it's night and day.
But Jacobs got tackled  
Vanzetti : 1/18/2019 8:08 pm : link
So it doesn't count as a truck. You got run over the guy and keep going for it it to be a truck. Even though Woddson got the worst of it, he brought Jacobs down.
favorite Jacobs play  
bc4life : 1/19/2019 8:21 am : link
was blitz pickup on Trent Cole - blew him up, big time
Watching game highlites right now - Giants Access Blue  
baadbill : 1/19/2019 11:25 pm : link
... that was one of my all time favorite games ever

Except for Coughlin's cheeks ... looked like frost bite
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